January 2023

Pleasant, with many different styles, but little to arouse much excitement [DJB]

Attractive but undemanding scores performed with care and well recorded [NB]

Rosand’s first Vox recordings are restored for a new generation [JW]

Superb performances and recording of piano studies which should rank alongside the very best [GH]

Another fine contribution to the Brilliant Classics keyboard music catalogue [JV]

The mono VW cycle offers the spine of Eloquence’s handsome Boult box [JW]

Stylish and refined recordings of Telemann orchestral works in French and Polish character [CRo]

Forgotten works by a forgotten composer may not be masterpieces but certainly worth a listen [NB]

One new Verdi discovery combined with some previously released material, all neatly performed [MP]

Challenging, but satisfying [SG]

A compelling and superbly performed programme [WH]

A superb Stravinsky collection [WH]

An impressive testimony to Werner’s skills in composition [JV]

A fine addition to the discography of Andrew Nethsingha and the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge [JQ]

Bruckner’s ‘Romantic’ Symphony in its original version from Poschner is solely for Brucknerian aficionados [GT]

Two little-known symphonies prove to be interesting but not essential listening [NB]

Idiomatic performances from a mother and daughter combination [WK]

A fine recording explores the renewal and variety of Italian twentieth-century piano repertoire [JW]

Probably the most recommendable of the three recordings of Pfitzner’s Christmas tear-jerker despite its drawbacks [PCG]

Saint-Saëns heard in a new way in a vivid and creative programme [RCh]

Three enjoyable works from the less-angst ridden end of the Romantic spectrum, in fine performances [DJB]

A unique programme very well played and recorded but of variable musical value [NB]

A fine pairing from two English conductors and orchestras, immersed in the idiom but in their very different ways [RMo]

Heifetz fans, of which I’m one, shouldn’t hesitate [SG]